Illustrating the blessing and the curse of open-source software, some contriversy has arisen over Intel's Moblin (their Linux for netbooks) replacing NetworkManager with a custom program called ConnMan.

With Trickle you can control the upload and download speeds for applications such that no single application hogs all the bandwidth. This gives you the power to ensure that downloads from Firefox don't interfere with your attempts to download a file through FTP.

In order for records to be approached or even broken, if you are a Firefox user (about 60-70% of our visitors are), don't forget to grab a copy of the latest great release some time before the end of the day. Having just installed it, the software looks fantastic and it's faster than before. Out of the box it also plays all those embedded Oggs we've spread in pages since last year.

In InfoWorld's tests using complex Word and Excel documents, OpenOffice.org 3.1 failed to deliver on its promise of better Microsoft Office interoperability, severely mangling our Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel test data files. By stark contrast, SoftMaker Office showed excellent compatibility.

Is good news from Red Hat really good news for Red Hat? The enterprise Linux maker revealed some stonkingly good quarterly figures last week, laughing in the face of the global downturn and making the Linux vendor that relies on Microsoft's trust fund money (Novell, in other words) look like a right old Charlie.

Using torrents has become quite an everyday routine for most of us. Residing in the "Internet" category, Deluge is quick to launch and provides a perfectly integrated GTK+ interface.

Moovida is much more than a simple media player... it is a cutting edge media center bringing the best of the internet to your TV screen. Automatically creating your own digital library you can browse from your sofa with a remote control. The elegant and easy to use interface automatically displays artwork and fan art throughtout and gives you access to movie synopsis and artist info.

Fedora is a giant among giants, in the shadow of a giant from which it was born. But every giant is born of humble beginnings.